Dodgers.com: Brooklyn Dodgers fan’s dream comes true

McCourt arranged for Pierre, 71, to fly out from New York on Friday on JetBlue so that he could take in a game at Dodger Stadium, as well as go on a special tour on Saturday with his fellow commentators on the Inside the Dodgers blog.

“It’s like a dream,” Pierre said during his tour. “It’s nice of him to do this. I don’t know how to explain this. I can never thank him enough. I’ll never forget this for the rest of my life.”

Pierre’s dream-come-true of visiting the stadium he’d seen on television so many times really started last October when one of the regular commentators on the Inside the Dodgers blog asked Dodgers vice president of communications, Josh Rawitch, who also runs the blog, if he could arrange a special stadium tour for the regulars on the site.

“I threw it out there not thinking it would ever happen,” said Mike Corrigan, who posts as “perumike.” “I just thought it would be cool to get a tour and see a game.”

“It’s great to see someone as happy as he is right now,” McCourt said. “He’s a lifelong Dodger fan, and he’s never been here before, and he said it’s like a dream come true. He got a behind-the-scenes tour and he’s watching the game and he said he’s living his dream. It’s a great statement. It’s his team. This is what it’s all about. He’s one of a legion of fans that are emotional stakeholders in the franchise and you can feel their emotion.”

Monson was impressed by McCourt offering to fly out Pierre and pay for him to stay at the Hilton Glendale for two nights as well.

“It was generous and respectful of McCourt to offer to do this,” Monson said. “This was a very class move and something he didn’t have to do.”